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Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Katrin over at MobileActive.org weighs in , and I agree: So what does this mean for the ‘mobile for good’ field? We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. This is big.

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AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. That includes applications from Google Documents, to Salesforce.com, to Gliffy.com , (the service I used to create that graphic.) Also, you can access the applications anywhere you go.

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Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Social media is a great tool for increasing supporter engagement; a majority of nonprofits have realized this. And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011. is through mobile devices! Why Go Mobile? Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1]

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JANUARY 20, 2012

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. You may laugh, but I’ve reviewed grantmakers and government funds where that was actually the only criteria, other than going through the process of filling out the application form.

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JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

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MARCH 4, 2009

NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge. N2Y4 Mobile Challenge. We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

The Database, together with the fully-updated 2011 Nonprofit Tagline Report, are key tools in in crafting taglines, organization names and other messages that connect and motivate action. The Ultimate Go-To Resource on Mobile Data Collection (and growing…) | MobileActive.org – "Want to use mobiles for data collection?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Citizen-Powered Response.

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JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. FrontlineSMS:Medic - SMS for Medical Records and Mobile Lab Diagnostics. The N2Y4 Mobile Challenge called for innovative mobile applications supporting social good.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Tim says: If all OpenSocial does is allow developers to port their applications more easily from one social network to another, that’s a big win for the developer, as they get to shop their application to users of every participating social network. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

The salient quote: Why not roll your own social network, include the OpenSocial API, and have applications, groups, widgets and portals to your site in any number of the “OpenSocial” platforms? It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested?

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APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. {

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DECEMBER 18, 2007

Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. And today, I learned about two online tools written with Asterisk, which would have been impossible a few years ago. Committee Caller seems like an amazing tool. And it’s free, too. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Ed Dodds 12.29.07

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OSS User communities December 12, 2006 One of the things that can make (or break) an open source tool is the community around it.

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OCTOBER 17, 2006

These are Application Programming Interfaces, and they are a relatively new part of the way that Web 2.0 These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. for geeks is APIs.

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JULY 30, 2008

Komen for the Cure, for their Salesforce-based application formerly known as Aikido, presently known as Common Ground. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0 and social network guru for the nptech community. Allan Benamer talks about Convio’s new big client, Susan G. I trust Allan’s gut instincts about CRM technology.

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AUGUST 12, 2008

I said: I will not be buying an iPhone until they sell an unlocked version that doesn’t need to be hacked to use third party applications. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one. Well, the iPhone 3G changed the equation, some. The iPhone 3G does have 3rd party apps, but they have to be vetted, etc. by Apple, which is a mixed bag.

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MAY 20, 2008

And note: this application is not HIPAA compliant. Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online.&# Sounds pretty interesting, but hold on a second. Before you sign up, read the privacy policy carefully. Here’s why.

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Because these applications are not proprietary, and anyone can get their hands on them, and install and use them, this means that nonprofits get the benefit. This is going to make these projects better, and make support for them more available.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

These look like pretty interesting, and useful applications. But, anyway, I’m not putting the silly badge in the sidebar, sorry. MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. on our own servers or desktops.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. on our own servers or desktops.

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AUGUST 16, 2007

Most of the 10 are applicable to nonprofit organizations (I’d skip the “Offshore work&# tip.) He has a recent article in “ Director Magazine &# which is a UK-based business magazine (no, I don’t read it, I just got the link from his blog,) entitled 10 tips for reducing burgeoning IT costs.

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DECEMBER 14, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Things that make me feel better December 14, 2006 As someone who has developed web database applications for clients, I always hate when they get errors. Things like this make me feel so much better.

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out – both are incredibly strong applications. But, that said, I like WordPress, too. I imagine that this is a bit of a response to WordPress ( others think so too.) MovableType is written in Perl, which I hadn’t realized until I was doing research for this blog entry.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Basically, third parties will be able to build applications which will allow two-way communication into the platform. It seems like it will start out with a local query system, then will be opened up to allow third party development of data analysis tools. to the data in the Kintera platform. The APIs will be without cost.

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JUNE 17, 2008

Actually, I didn’t use the Battlestar Galactica expletive , I used the one you’re more familiar with. :-) Convio is launching the new application , built on top of the Force.com platform. It is named, as of now, Aikido. It has the kind of functionality you’d expect from a donor database.

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JANUARY 29, 2008

I get to use my expertise in web application development, but not have to do any web application development (which feels to me a lot like having my cake and eating it too.) And, I think I also get to educate the varied vendors and developers I’ve been in contact with.

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JUNE 18, 2007

And, it is beginning to appear that facebook will integrate better with my workflow than LinkedIn, because of facebook applications. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. So we’ll see how it works.

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JUNE 15, 2007

One of the biggest issues for nonprofits in terms of adoption of Linux has been the lack of availability of ready-for-primetime applications like accounting. They announced that their server product, Quickbooks Enterprise , will be released to work on Linux Servers.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Instead, they're either renting them from a managed service provider or moving to Software as a Service (SaaS) for common applications. Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work. Organizations will upgrade and switch to product versions/services that allow for seamless mobile access.

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Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. One major step to improving security of sensitive information was the recent development and release of Mobile Martus. Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

It’s great to have easy Google tools at my fingertips. There are tons of other add-ons for all of the Mozilla Suite applications. For Thunderbird, the two I’ve been trying out include XNote , which is kinda fun, it allows you to add sticky notes to email messages. I’m trying out some new themes soon. {

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

A while ago, when I was still developing web applications, I wrote a wiki plug-in for this behemothic open source CMS/Web database system that I wrote, and has (mercifully) died a slow death (there are still a few installations of it in use, hopefully soon to be retired.) Different enough to drive me crazy.

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JULY 10, 2008

Reading, research, collaborating with others, getting my hands dirty with servers and code, playing with new applications and new APIs – all of those things keep my technology expertise fresh. And I can’t stay a technology expert without continually learning. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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